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dansolo

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7. M4A admin costs will be more than 3-5%

Fri Nov 8, 2019, 09:49 AM

Nov 2019

This is one of the fallacies of M4A administrative costs. Medicare offloads a lot of administrative costs to the insurance companies. If Medicare was extended to cover every possible service for every single person, the administrative costs will go up.

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Why is the focus almost exclusively on the insurance companies? [View all] dansolo Nov 2019 OP

I agree Sherman A1 Nov 2019 #1

Thanks for including Andrew's plan in this discussion! redqueen Nov 2019 #9

... PhoenixDem Nov 2019 #2

The anesthesiologist rarely is in the room for the entire procedure. oldsoftie Nov 2019 #6

His "staff" involves highly trained nurse anesthetists PhoenixDem Nov 2019 #8

No. But rural hospitals are already going out of business. Not sure how to fix that. oldsoftie Nov 2019 #10

True cost of care SLClarke Nov 2019 #3

M4A admin costs will be more than 3-5% dansolo Nov 2019 #7

I'm having a procedure done in January at UPMC, Pittsburgh. gab13by13 Nov 2019 #4

Covered people pay for those who get procedures and do not pay. oldsoftie Nov 2019 #5